Apologies for the late post. It has been a very eventful last 20+ hours, so here we go:
Part of the routine is to move Lee around in the bed every two hours. This helps the circulation and keeps the bed sores down.
Some time after midnight this morning, he did not react well to one of these sessions. (It is similar to what happened Saturday afternoon when his numbers started tanking. Within minutes, they figured out the issues and made the corrections [mucus stuck in some tubes, etc..]. It did take more than an hour before we saw anything change, but once the drama had gone, there was slow and steady progress.)
By the time Gregg was called, they had put him back on full O2 support, and his saturation was rising slowly. A step backwards to be sure.
At this time, the numbers we are watching look like this: Peep is now at 12 (it was at 10). Pressure is now back to 20 (it was at 15). O2 support is back to 90% (was at 60%), and saturation is holding at 93%.
Yesterday afternoon, there was quite a lively spirit in the room. The plan for today was to take him off the paralytics and see how this went. This will have to wait.
Something to note: It was after his very bad Saturday afternoon that the progress began.
Someone did remind us that this is the tenth day from the Resuscitation.....
There is ground to make up, and more healing to do. Physical, emotional and spiritual. If you want to come by and read,
encourage, or talk to Lee, they will let you come in to see him at any
time you are able to get there.
A big THANK YOU! to those who have and continue to visit Lee.
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